- Date
- August 26, 1973
- Place
- Apple Springs, TX · APPLE SPRINGS, TX
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4456VBeech 35
- Status
- Completed · report October 15, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730826028669A
- Case key
- 189213
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2446 73/8/26 APPLE SPRINGS,TEX BEECH 35 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 161 TIME - 2102 N4456V PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PINELAND,TEX ARLINGTON,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 5000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN SHOWERS, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 79 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- FLEW INTO TSTM,LOST CTL.OUTBD R WG & BOTH STABS SEPARATED IN FLT.OVER MAX GROSS WT ABOUT 61 LBS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4456V
- Reported as
- Beech 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4456V · 1
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